The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-25 00:00:00

-------- -------- 4 L IFEBOAT SERVICES. — D u rin g .he storm- 0 1 I )enmark. Not so by the rulers of the two great al Powers of Germany—those two Powers now of the past year the boats of the YAionil. Lifeboat sin Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our so incessantly rivalling each other only in the pre coasts. The Institution has also expended £1,819 , 3s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat e,tablishinents, in ad . dition to granting, £1,351 6s. Od. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the E slntitution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSP-,TAN+ to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Institution's 125 lifeboat estab lishments. co Contributions are received by all the I d country bankers; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewi Londo, j, the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. • ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Manaszement of Miss Louisa Fyne arid Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, to commence with (19th time) an en tirely new Operetta, entitled FANCUETTE. Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a s.3ale of unprecedented magnificence, ,ntitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six--- , :ommence at Seven. p HEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the iNew Serio-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled IN I GUT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fitzjames, and Misses R. Leclercq, Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of th, World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; harlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. monis ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. T ET E A VRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Ma nagers, Messrs. CEdmund Falconer and F. B. hatterton. A GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Panto mime NEXT WEDNESDAY., at Two o'clock, when the Buys of the Duke of York's School with their Band will attend. The Free Li s t entirely suspEnded, the public press ex cepted. Tins EVENING, NIGHT AND MORN. Messrs. Phelps, Ryder, Raynor, Fitzjames ; Miss R. Leclercq, Miss Atkinson, and Miss Heath. After which, the Grand Gamic Christmas PANTO MIME, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled and founded on the popular Oriental story of SINDBAD THE sA ILOR. The gorgeously beautiful character of the decora tions, inclusive of more than the usual amount of scenical surt,rises and transformation wonders, are ensured by the fact of their being entirely designed and for the most part executed by the celebrated artist, William Beverley, whose eminent services have been retained this Christmas exclu sively for the Theatre Royal Drury-Lane. The general action f the Pantomime, arranged by, and the whole pro duced under the oirection of, Mr. Robert Roxby. Principal characters in the opening by Messrs. Tom Matthews, J. Ne vil.e, Fitzjames, Meagreson, G. Weston, and Master Percy Roselle ; Misses Lizzie IA ilmore, Rose Leclercq, E. Weston, Coventry, and Cicely Nott. The Harlequinade will include the services of those popular Pantomimists (forming a doable company), Harry Boleno and Mr. C. Lau-i, Clowns ; Mr. W. A. Barnes and Mr. J. Morris, Pantaloons ; Mr. Cormack and Mr. S. Saville, Harlequins ; Madame Boleno and Misses Gunnies, Columbines. The masks, devices, and dresses, from designs by the humorously re r owned Dykwynkyn. The music selected and arranged by Mr J. Barnard. The dances an action of the Ballet ar- range . d by Mr. Cormack Comic sc d enes. tricks, &c., invented by Messrs. H. Boleno and Cormack. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5 o'clock. The massive and beautiful decorations of the amphitheatre, proscenium, and ceiling, designed and completed under the direction of Marsh Nelson, Esq., in that tiorg,eous style of ornamentation known as characteristic of the Louis Quatorze period. and which elicited so much praise from the press and the public last year, having been thoroughly cleansed, make the aspect of the house before the curtain (which, when lighted up, is admitted to be the m .st beautiful in Europe), an object of admiration which in itself is wor,h a visit. Doors open at Half-past Six. Performances commence at Seven, and terminate every evening at Eleven o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DENIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with:a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD Me.srs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, iil9reland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclerc% Wood. Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A ster which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicles," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac: ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brow:Yvan, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss M. Henrade,lMiss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Hiss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupaats of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either tor play bills or for the sale keeping of hats and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckatone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullenford, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. The intelligence from India on the whole, highly satisfactory. The war, which threatened to give some trouble, appears to be coming to a speedy conclusion. A prompt and well directed attack took the enemy by surprise and completely routed them. According to information received from private sources, Lallo w and Nurbegla were both destroyed, and our forces were in possession of the pass leading to Bonair. There were grounds for hoping that this unlooked-for discomfiture would bring the enemy to terms, and would be the means of finally establishing oar supremacy over that part of the country. In the two days of the fighting, the enemy lost to less than 500 men. The Bonair tribe had made total submission to the English, leaving their chiefs as hostages in the British camp. It was still con sidered desirable to delay breaking up the large force now collected in the Punjab, amounting to 9,000 or 10,000 men, although it was hoped that before long the troops might safely return to the plains. Military affairs are thus in as favourable a position as could be reasonably expected, while in the civil department there is less news to com municate. The new Governor-General had not ar rived out when this mail left, and Sir WILLIAM DENISON was Vice. Regent pro tem. He had aban doned the intended expedition to the Upper Pro vinces, and had summoned the various secretaries of the several deteartments of Government to pro ceed to Calcutta without delay. Under the circum stances this is, perhaps, the wisest course, as the Governor-General will be the more suitable person to make the official procession. It was currently reported in India that Sir G. GREY was to be the next Viceroy, but there could certainly be no disap pointment when the substitution of a name well known and honoured throughout India as that of Sir JOHN MAIR LAWRENCE Came to be generally known. Sir J. LAWRENCE is especially the right man in the right place at the present junc ture, when the disturbances on the frontier threaten the tranquillity of that province of which he was so able and efficient a ruler. Should any disaffection or intriguing be visible in the Punjab, he will know how to meet it, familiar as he is with the character of its people and capable, as he has proved himself to be, of controlling their lawless wills. The experience of the mutiny not only gives Sir JOHN LAWRENCE a greater hold over the population he is called upon to govern, but it also serves to inspire his .own countrymen with confidence in his resource, his firmness, and his general administrative capacity. It is something new for an individual to be appointed to the supreme power at-Calcatta who has already acquired experi ence as an Anglo-Indian ruler. There would be many advantages attending such a selection even where the object of it was less strikingly fitted for the post than the late Governor of the Punjab. In the first place, he must be, in some degree, inured to the climate, and so escape the risk of sudden exposure to its perils, accompanied with the unac customed burden of continuous labour and heavy responsibility—a combination which has cost us so many valuable lives, Again, the Governor-General, who has served his apprenticeship in a lower depart ment of the State, must have acquired that know ledge of the people, their laws; their customs, their languages, their prejudices, and general charac teristics, the lack or which has so often proved an insuperable obstacle to really good and wise legisla tion. We may hope much from the appointment of a man like Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, although we wish we had another chef at the India Office. It affords good ground for anticipating the increase and extension of those measures of enlightened policy which have already produced a favourable change in India. We cannot suppose that the now Governor-General will fail to give every encourage ment to financial reform, to public works, to national education and questions of social improvement. We trust he will be able to devise some means of dealing satisfactorily with the two points that urgently call for attention—the redemption of the land-tax and the laws regulating the sale of waste lands'. It, will no doubt be his policy to encourage in every way the commercial industry of India, to assist ex periment and favour enterprise, to make it part of his duty to developo as much as possible the internal resources of the country which he governs. He will also, we may hope, legislate as much as p0. , ,- sibie with a view to the interests of the natives of the soil ; not only securing them rigid justice and equal laws, but striving to raise them in the human scale, giving them opportunities of public usefulness and distinction which may encourage them to re newed effort. The railways and canals, the me ans of internal communication, will no doubt go on with spirit, and their value in every respect it is difficult to over-estimate. By meaml of the irriga. Lion works the danger of famine will be averted, the land fertilised, and populous districts supplied with themeans of health and cleanliness. Through ci pit ancy with which they are rushing to war at all the agency of the railways the furthest extremities h azards. The answer from Vienna and from Berlin of our vast possessions will be brought into - -in direct opposition to the answer already re- ready communication with the capital, troops eei:ved by our Cabinet from Copenhagen—is a can with readiness be transported to the scene ref usal. The suggested delay is declined—declined of danger or threatened disturbance, and thus the curtly and peremptorily. And this, moreover, chances of preserving peace and order will be very although the proposed tarrying of the German greatly increased. For commercial purposes, too, armies was only to have been until such time as the extension of the railway system will be in might have allowed of the meeting anew of the valuable, while it will afford increased facilities for Rigsraad or Parliament, from which some temporary change of air and scene for the preser calmly deliberated decision might have been vation of health. Our officials, more especially, arrived at upon the momentous question have need of such - a chance, and we'may hope that as to the modification or not of the Constitu- the use of railways may expedite the removal of the tion of November. Resolved upon carrying seat of govel.nment from Calcutta to some situation things on with a high and haughty hand to the more fay° arable to European life. There can be direst extremity, that is, to the extremity of War— no quee,tion that its site is bad, its drainage and Austria and Prussia together say Nay to this most water 'supply equally defective, and the low marshy temperate and conciliatory proposition. As media- grannd round about adds to the chances of fever tor, or would-be mediator, England has done her 'and sickness. We see with regret that Sir part in this dread emergency for Christendom. CHARLES TREVELYAN is invalided from that dan- So far, again, as Denmark could yield a point s:ee e has yielded : she has conceded, at any rate, the proposal made by England, in the interests peace, for a delay. Upon the Germanic Pow en, upon Austria and upon Prussia especially, rest, the respon sibilities involved in the rejection of 'this humane and benign proposition. The. sword just thrown into the scale is ( German now, when the European scales of I•astice have been trembling so long and doubtfully in the balance. The first sword thrown into t:hose oscillating scales is the weighty brand of Germany. And, for the moment, the weight of that. brand may seem to make the rights of Denmark, ir. t the matter of Schleswig- Holstein, kick the beam. Bat, together with those imperilled rights there is not only the good sword of Denmark herself, but the possible dropping into that scale, with the rights and the sword of Denmark, of the formidable glaives of Powers far, far beyond not merely Denmark in importance, but beyond Austria and Prussia and the whole of Germany leagued together in battle array. The alternative is becoming daily more and more imminent—for England and France—the dread and momentous alternative of Peace or War. The deci sion in our own instance will either be announcea, or at any rate, very significantly foreshadowee, in the Speech from the Throne, or at the very latest through the first weighty utterances of our veteran Premier, Lord PALMERSTON, immediately upon the reassembling of Parliament. gerous complaint—over-work; he has started on a tour in the north-west, which, it is to be hoped, will recruit his strength. It is certainly high time that something was done to change the condition of our Indian life, and at least to avoid adding to the evils of laborious duty in an oppressive climate by a neglect of those common laws of health which cannot be infringed with impunity, even under our own kindly and tem perate skies. The eomplicated arrangements between Austria and Prussia are now approaching a climax, and doubtless before long some striking event will occur. It is not at all improbable that, in their devices and manoeuvres, they may overreach themselves at last, and while they think they will circumvent others, they will perhaps be nonplussed with their con fused plans, and embarrassed by the several con flicting claims. It is also very probable that there may arise a disagreement between these allied Powers in their wild excitement to crush an inde peo,dent State, and take advantage of the hesitation of some and the difficulties of 'others to prosecute their own purposes of aggrandisement and satisfy their unworthy greed. The state of affairs is alto gether most unsatisfactory as things are at present, and every day's intelligence serves but to confuse one's opinions the more as regards the ultimate course taken by these belligerents. The conduct of the Prussian Parliament is most inconsistent—and, indeed, it has been so all through these transactions. With one hand they seem striving to uphold the KING and the Ministers in their designs upon Denmark, and with the other to circumvent and oppress the Cabinet in the prosecution of their plans, and prevent, in a great measure, their pro posals from being carried out. But even in this they procedure they vary again, for we find the Uyper House, in considering the Budget as amended by the Chamber of Deputies, have rejected the amendment by a large majority, and thus anew created a fresh dilemma, and interposed additional controversies. Unless some very different tactics be shortly adopted, the policy of Berlin will become at once a mystery and a scandal to the rest of Europe. With regard to the Schleswig-Holstein question, it appears that the aggressors are pursuing their designs, and the troops are advancing. The Fede ral Commissioners at Hamburg have issued a pro clamation, which refers to the troops crossing the frontier of the Duchies. This begins by a sort of impartial review of events, but winds up by enjoin ing the authorities and inhabitants of the Duchies to " afford to the Austrian and Prussian troops the assistance which is required of them, and to receive these troops in a friendly spirit." This is coming to the point, indeed, and very fully expresses the secret understanding and entire sympathy which exists between the parties. There can be no valid reason why these troops should be regarded in so favourable a light, and it is only a very shallow subterfuge that seeks to make them so. It is, in short, a very ingenious defence of a bad cause that the Commissioners have made in this proclamation. They acknowlewge that they speak in consequence of several Governments having protested against the demarches of the Austrian and Prussian troops. They exonerate themselves by saying that they ar e not part of the Federal reserve. What is the pur port of this denial, when it is self-evident that all are revolting in the same cause, and converging by different roads to one great Ilia. Amidst the various points of interest, it is most gratifying to turn at tention to ',tee Danes, for they are bright excep ceptiens in their spirit and straightford ness to the subtlety and statecraft of their opponents. A pure love of patriotism, an earnest desire to uphold their rights, and a firm adherence to just principles and correct claims, seem to bo the ruling spirit and guiding influence of their actions, and to cast a glory over their troubled course and the doubtful issue of the struggle. The last proposal is to assemble the Rigsraad in order to consider the state of affairs previous to giving a reply to the summons of Austria and Prussia in a definitive manner. This is a wise proceeding, and it is to be hoped that the delay which is requested may be granted, as the posture of affairs may change greatly for the better during the period of delibera tion ; and, besides, by that time the debates in the English Parliament must have exercised some in• flnence on the Germanic Confederation; at all events it is a matter of rejoicing that in the midst of this entanglement on the Continent there should be a chance afforded us of having the truth made manifest, and the general sentiments of our people expressed, by the approaching session. Had it un fortunately happened that we were to wait some months for the House to deliberate on what is now passing, there ie no saying to what lengths the Cabinet might have gone, or what direful catas trophe might not have ensued, which no after re- proachee or recriminations could have remedied. Whether the Danes ultimately agree to withdraw the Constitution in dispute, or whether they persist in their refusal, whether they are successful in the struggle or defeated in their diplomatic controversy and their warlike efforts, the same amount of blame will attach itself to Austria and Prussia for their uncalled-for and impertinent interference, and to the whole of the Federal Government for their unfair demands and harsh procedure. It is, then, especially important that an opinion to this effect be put on record by the members of our Parliament, and that party feelings and political differences will not prevent them from acting as worthy of Englishmen who are serving the interests and representing the honour of their common country. The day for hesitation has gone by, and the time has come for activity and decision ; let it not, therefore, be lost in frivolous discussions and vague promises. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. - The following circular has been issued by the Premier to the supporters of the Government in the House of Commons : Downing-street, Jan. 22, 1864. Sir—The meeting of Parliament having been fixed for Thursday, the 4th of February, I have the honour to in fot m you that public business of importance will be brought forward, I beg leave to express my hope that it may be consistent with your convenience to attend at the House of Commons at the opening of the session.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient and faithful servant, F LMEB 0 N LATEST INTELLIGENCE, AMERICAN OUTRAGE. The Seizure of the Saxon by the U.S. Steam Ship Vanderbilt, and the Murder of James Gray. (F r om the South African Mail of Dee. 19.) A public investigation of the circumstances attend ing the death 4f James Gray, late chief officer of the bark Saxon, was held before the resident magis- trate of Cape Town, on the 2d iust. Mr. Dutton, acting clerk of the peace, conducted the examina tion ; and the lion. Mr. Denyssen, Acting Attorney- General, was present during part of the proceedings. Stephen Shephard, sworn, stated—l was master of the bark Saxon. She left Table Bay on the 2d of September last, with cattle for Government anti bound to Ascension, where we arrived about the 17th of the same month. I proceeded by orders from there to Angra Pequina: The orders were from the owners, Anderson, Saxon, and Co. We arrived there on Oct, 16, in ballast. When there, we painted the ship, and after being there for 11 a boat off. Captain Shephard was standing next to him ; and he further said don't allow the anchor to be weighed, Captain Shephard said, my vessel is quite ready for sea, and I intend to go to sea imme diately after dinner. The officer said, you can't, I have got your papers; and Captain Shepherd said I will go, papers or none. Our captain then told us to go to dinner, and the officer left for the Vander bilt, leaving Mr. Donaghan in charge. We then went to dinner, and after dinner we were called on deck and went about our work, and another boat about this time came from the Vanderbilt, and the officer and men took charge of our vessel. We were then ordered by Captain Shepherd not to interfere. Some short time after that, when I was behind the galley, I saw Mr. Donaghan standing on the break of the poop. A little before this a boat had come from the shore with some fish. 1 heard Captain Shephard say to the officer in charge, will you give there men in the boat some grub ? He said yes, and I then saw Captain Shephard come in a hurry to the place where the men were passing some meat in the boat. The Vanderbilt's men were there stopping them, upon which Captain Shephard said, throw it into the boat, and if they stop you I can't help it. At that time the American officer came forward and touched Captain Shephard on the shoulder and said, " You go aft, you are giving too many orders, I will put you where the dogs won't bark at.you." Captain Shephard then went aft, and it was then I saw Mr. Donaghan standing on the break of the poop with several of his own men near him. Mr. Gray was half-way up the ladder, when he was ordered down by Mr. Dongahan. I was distant about six or eight yards from them. Mr. Donaghan said, "Go down." Mr. Gray did not answer, or do anything, when the officer repeated the order for him to go down, adding—" or I will shoot you." Mr. Gray at the time was facing him, when the officer pushed him on the right shoulder with his left hand, and Mr. Gray stumbled, and tried to recover himself, and, as he turned his face towards the officer, he drew a revolver and shot him. Mr. Gray had nothing in his hands. Two of our mea were close to him then, and about a dozen cf the Vanderbilt's men also about the spot. After he was shot he fell back wards, and I and others went to pick him up. I did not see Captain Shephard at that time. The Vanderbilt's men then drew their swords and pis tols. None of the men of the Saxon were then armed. Mr. Donaghan said—" I am sorry for him, but he must obey orders." The men of the Vander bilt then drove us forward. Some short time after this I and two others went aft, and saw the cap tain and second mate hoiding Mr. Gray's head. Mr. Donaghan then said, pointing to the boat which came for fish, there is some humbug, as five men came off in her, and seven are leaving. The next morning I saw the body of Me. Gray in the after hold, and the ball had entered behind the left ear. About dusk that night the body of Mr. Gray was taken on shore by the boat of the Vanderbilt. One of the Vanderbilt's men said, " Donaghan's a good shot, but he is a great deal too fast." About 8 o'clock a.m., we were told days, I received orders to ship certain cargo that was there, consisting of skins and wool. .1 took the cargo from the beach by my crew and some men. I received no men from the Atlas. On the morning of Oct. 30 I completed loading, and was preparing for sea, end then observed a large steamer, which proved to be the Vanderbilt, American man-of-war steamer. She anchored abreast of Angra Pequina (Penguin Island). I was lying about a mile and a half from Penguin Island. Shortly after the steamer sent an armed boat to my ship. The officer in charge was Beldon, the senior, and Donaghan, the junior officer. It was about 1.30 p.m. when they boarded my ship. The first question asked was where I was from, and I presume they must have already seen our name on the stern. Afterwards, how long I had been there, and I told them. They then asked for my papers, and I asked by what authority he wanted to see the papers. The officer then told me that Captain Baldwin had sent him to do so, adding, " Captain, it is no use, I must see your papers." He did not ask me what my cargo coxsisted of before he saw the papers, but after looking at them he said skins and wool, that will do. The officer retained the papers, and went to look down the hold, and asked me if I knew where the cargo had come from. I told him all I knew was that I had come here to take it in. He told me that he must take the papers to Captain Baldwin, and then he left the vessel, leaving the junior officer in charge. He took the register, articles, clearance from customs, and the bills of lading with him to the Vander bilt. I then told the officer that I was ready for sea, and would leave with or without papers, as I was bound to Falmouth fe-r orders. He said you had better not try it, for that the steamer could go faster than I could. The Saxon was 215 tons register, and registered at the Cape. On that he left the ship. About an hour afterwards another boat came from the Vanderbilt, with another armed crew, in charge of Lieut. Keith. This boat left her at the same time as the other boat left my vessel. We were lyiag about two miles apart, and a strong breeze was blowing at the time. They got on board and placed armed men on the deck. The crew first got aboard, then the officer followed. Oa coming on board his crew drove my mon below, and the officer did not stare his business at the time he boarded, and I asked him why he boarded us. He asked me who I was, and I told him that I was the mate, and he told me that I was no more master of this vessel, and " I will thank you to go below and give no ware orders, and I will not allow you to talk to any of the ship's company." I told him he ought to have come to me as a gentleman to tell me what his business was, instead of taking charge in the manner he did, and before his commander had seen my papers. He ordered me below then. I made no reply and obeyed. About 4 o'clock lob • served a boat with the Island men coming to our ship to ask for some bread and meat. I told my chief officer, Mr. Gray, that he might give them some, but should first inform the American officer in charge of our vessel, which ho did. At first he con sented, but afterwards refused, but gave no reason for refusal. Mr. Gray came and told me of this refusal, and I told him to heave them into the boat, and if he was prevented I could not help it. Mr. Keith was standing by, and told me I was giving too many orders, and if I did not go below he would soon put me where the dogs could not bark at me. I was down below for about 9 or 10 minutes, when I heard the report of a pistol. I had been in my cabin with a sentry at the door. On hearing the report I rushed on deck, and some one told me in passing they had shot the mate. I went to the 11113.,11 deck aad found Mr. Gray lying dead. I raised him in my arms, but found life was extinct. The ball entered at the back of the rica, and I saw a pistol in Donaghan's hands, and I was told that he had shot Mr. Gray. I asked the senior officer why he had shot my mate, and he replied it was an accident. I then asked the junior officer, and his reply was, "poor fellow, I am sorry for him, but must obey crders." They then took the body to go below and not to come on deck, and if we wished to da so to hail the sentries first, if we did not want to be shot. They kept us on board the whole of the day Mr. Gray was buried, and on the following morning we were sent on shore in the Vanderbilt's boat. William Murray, deposed—l am an able seaman, and was one of the crew Of the bark Saxon when she was seized by the Vanderbilt. I remember the first boat coming alongside, with two officers in it. An officer who was standing on the poop would not allow the mate to go up the steps, but said he must go forward, The officer then repeated the words, " Go forward, you pirates, or I will shoot you," The mate did not make any resist ance, and did not seem to understand what the order was for. The officer Donaghan then drew his revolver and shot him. I was a couple of yards off when the mate was shot. I could feel the mate's pulse beat slightly when I went to him after he was shot ; but he never spoke, and died in a couple of minutes. The mate gave Donaghan no offence. The crew of the Vanderbilt was then in charge of the ship, and we were ordered forward, but after the mate was shot we went aft with the captain and supported the mate, and Donaghan said, point•• ing to the corpse, " That is an Alabama man." In referring to the boat which was leaving for the shore, I heard Donaghan say, " Let us go on shore and do for the lot of them." While I was leaning over the mate's body I said that life was gone, and Donaghan replied, pointing the pistol into my face, "No, it is not." I then told one of the Vanderbilt's men to ask Donaghan to put down his pistol, as it was at full cock, He was very excited at the time, and said he was sorry for the mate, but at a time like this he ought to have obeyed orders. Afterwards we were again sent forward and driven below, and were warned that if we came up without hailing the sentry we should be shot. Richard Cable—l am an able seaman, and was one of the crew of the Saxon. She was a British vessel, and I signed articles at Cape Town. On the 30th October the Saxon was seized by the Vanberbilt. I was present when the mate (Mr. Gray) was shot. The captain (Shepherd) went below, and a sentry was placed over him. Mr. Gray was standing at the main rigging, close to me, the last witness, and another man, and wished to go aft. The captain had then been below about ten minutes. While Mr. Gray was going up the ladder to the poop, Donaghan said to him, " Go forward, or I will shoot you." Donaghan then pushed Mr. Gray on the right shoulder and his foot slipped off the ladder. Mr. Gray then looked up at Donaghan, as if to know what it was for, when the latter, who bad his pistol in his hand, shot him without any further remark. I did not hear any one call out "Fire I" Mr. Keith was at the other side of the poop. Mr. Gray had not made the below. In the meantime the Vanderbilt had gone in chase of a vessel, and we were dropped down to where the Vanderbilt had been laying, nearly abreast of the island, about a cabin's length off the island, and between the island and the land. The Vanderbilt re turned the text morning, when I was sent for by Captain Baldwin. On arriving on board he asked me if I was Captain Shepherd of the bark Saxon. I replied yes, and he then said, "Captain, I am sorry for you, bat your papers are not satisfactory to me, and I must make a prize of your•vessel, and send her to New York, and we know that it is the Tuscalooza's cargo you have on board?' Captain Ba win did not mention Mr. Gray's death imme diately, and be only alluded to it twice afterwards. Some time afterwards I told him that I was sorry for the loss of the vessel and of the mate; and the Captain replied, in reference to the mate, he was very sorry indeed that it had happened, and be repeated the same remark the next day when I was leaving the ship for good. I asked the offi cer on board where Mr. Donaghan was, and was told that he was under arrest, and that I could not see him. The whole of the officers of the Vanderbilt seemed very much affected on hearing of the death of Mr. Gray, and seemed to regret it during the time I remained. When I left the Van derbilt I was put on shore at Angra Pequina, where I found my crew, who had already been landed, with the exception of the second mate and cook, the former of whom volunteered to go in my place, and the cook, being an American, went voluntarily. They sent bread and water on shore for our use, and we were left without shelter. The crew of the Van derbilt took the body of Mr. Gray below. The mate was buried on the 31st of October, and one of the Vanderbilt's officers, together with myself, attended the funeral. None of the crew were allowed to do so, but the second mate got into the boat in the dark. We were landed on the Ist of November, and walked across the land to Halifax, a distance of about 11 miles, where we were afforded shelter until we left in the Isabella for Ichaboe, where we stayed about eight days, whence we proceeded in the same vessel to Hottentot Bay, from where we were transferred to the Lord of the Liles. I took the cargo from the beach by orders of my owners. Horace Carrew, sworn, states—l am an able sea man, and was one of the crew of the bark Saxon. I left Table Bay to go to Ascension, and from thence to Agra Pequina. We laid at Agra Pequina for about twelve days. I recollect the Vanderbilt boarding the Saxon, and I think it was about the 30th or 31st of October last. A boat came' to our• vessel with an armed crew and two officers, the junior of whom was Mr. Donaghan, but I don't know the name of the other. I afterwards saw the efflux in charge of the boat come cut of the cabin with some papers, which I presumed to be the ship's papers. He ordered the hatches to ba opened, and which was done. He then looked at cargo, and asked our captain where the cargo came from. Capt. Shephard said he knew nothing at all about it, only that he had to come and take it. The officer said, very well, I must take your papers on board the Vanderbilt, and I leave this officer, pointing to Mr. Donaghan, in charge. He turned to Mr. Donaghan and said--you stay on board until I send least resistance, or even lifted his hand. Mr. Gray was much liked by all the ship's company. Mr. Donaghan bad dined with Mr. Gray in the cabin, and I don't think the latter had given him or any other of the officers any offence. After Donaghan had shot Mr. Gray, ho ordered his men to draw their swords, and we were told to go below. The Vanderbilt's men were twice as many as ours, and they were armed with swords, pistols, and rifles. As I was going forward one of the men of the Vanderbilt, who had his sword in his hand, asked mo if we wanted to take the ship back again, and I said, "Does it look like it?" Before Mr. Gray was shot there were more than a dozen of the Vandei bilt's men about him, so that, had he shown any resistance, they could have overcome him. The inquiry then terminated. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 'NEI-1.5 EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After wixich, lIARLI4:QUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fite Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do NEW THE ATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.— soir+ l'ronriotor grid Manaftgr. 117. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS: Mr J. L. Toole, . - • At + to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH: Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil- Ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven Maio Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, stephenson ,-; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. L EA H.-EVERY 3IISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. MISS :BATEMAN.—LEAII.—Trns EVENING, the g';th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENINU until further notice. R OYAIL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. G-TV:...A.T A TTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phelps. Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1853; or. the Sensations of the Past Season, until further notice. Among tlw. artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Mr. Paul Bedford. and. Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Frank Mat thews. Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTUtES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CETCUMBE R ; and 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. _ _ _ On SATURDAY ncxt, Jan. 30, will be produced an entirely New Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham, Esq., entitled T H E SI ENE LI LINING, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, and Airs. Frank Mitthews, &c., will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanboroug,h. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORME') AND EURY OB 41: Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Szc. Followed by 'MARGATE SANDS. To conclude. with TURN Hill OUT. Commence at 7. THE 7111:11D EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, An be hrd Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Des.—Morning, 3h. 10m.—Afternoon, 3h. 30m. 10-MOB atow.-Iloraing, 46m.—Afternoon, 3 h. 58m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 25, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 52 Barometer-30.00. Wind—S.W.; moderate, and cloudy. f „-eakA y wrip ft 4+ .4' vv. 44.44, 4 LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 25, 1864. PROBABLE EUROPEAN WAR. Upon the Germanic Powers must rest the responsibility of war—if war, as appears now but too certain, should. actually break out in Europe. Germany front first to last has been the aggressor. Denmark has throughout, hitherto diplomatically, hereafter strategically, acted upon the defensive. Mi g ht may seem to the Austrians and to the Prus sians upon their side. Right is, u nquest i ona b ly, i n v ie estimation of the majority of the beholders in Christendom, upon the side of the _Danes. England in a deliclte position between the opposing Powers now t hreaten ing every d ay more seriously to become belligerents—is acting at length, as befits her, in obedience to the dictates of high principle. The proposition made,very recentl y , fJr a delay in the advance of the Anstro-Prussian troops upon the Danish frontiers, was a proposition emanating directly from our own Government. It is a proposition that was at once quite frankly and most honourably responded to by the Government TRJ SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1864. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jas. 23.—The market continues heavy but the prices of yesterday have been maintained. Threes, for the Account are unvaried at 66fr. 25c. Mobilier have improved to 1,016 fr. 25e. Railways quiet but firm, The market closed as follows 41 per Cents. 95 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 35 Credit Mobilier...,lol7 50 Do. end month 1015 Bank Shards 3275 Credit }Di:icier IZ2O Loan 6B 55 BAIL' Do. end month 68 40 New ditto ...... 67 70 Do. end month Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.c 5l Rome Debt Deferred Roman (AV. t, etit , ..• Amount. 990 -- 946 26 . 4 gl7 50 Orleans Northern New ditto -- - 4111 .... """ ..7 Lyons and Mediterranean 932 60 .. 933 75 New ditto .. 885 .. Southern 650 .. 647 50 Western Eastern .... Sardinian - Austrian - .. 391 26 Lou-bard North of Spain Saragossa 672 60 .. 572 50 Ditto to Barcelona A LITERARY PENSION of £lOO a year falls back to the nation by reason of the death of Mr. George Burgess, of Ramsgate. Mr. Burgess was known to a past gener ation as a great Greek scho lar. He spoke Greek as readily as he could English, and he Was ono of the fiercest critics of the late Bishop Blomfield as a Greek editor. At one period of his life Mr. Burgess was a man of coeder able property, but he was also a speculator and an inventor, and in both characters came to very severe grief. But his old antagonist, the Bishop, came to his relief, unsolicited, and procured for the impoverished seolar, critic, and trans lator, a pension, as a literary man who had done good ser vice in his day. Mr. Burgess was an excellent coacher to aspiring students—manyof whom, belonging to Cambridge, will hear of his death with regret. This som ewhat eccentric gent l ema n died last week, at the age o f 76, the age which his own father had very nearly attained when Mr. George Burgess was born, at a remote station in India. M. AUBEIt'S LONG-PROMISED NEW OPERA, "La Fiancee du Roi des Garbes," has been at last produced at the Opera Comique, and appears to have'had the success which has been for many yesrs past one of the annual events of the Parisian musical world. The book is a setting by Eugene Scribe of a story of Boccaccio, and is of the free character morally (or immorally) speaking which might be guessed at from its origin, involving incidents very much like that of the convent scene iu " Comte Ory." M. Auber has a fancy for this sort of subject ; but on whatever mean stuff he works, his music has the nevgr.. failing stamp of genius, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, FAUST. The directors of Her Majesty's Theatre on Satur day last gave the public at large an opportunity of bearing M. Gounod's "Faust" in English, and whatever doubt might have been entertaine.l as to the result of the experiment, the enormous audience attracted by the performance must have been quite sufficient to convince the governing powers of the splendid theatre that their fears were groundless, and that success—decided and unmistakeable—would attend the production. There is a very large por tion of the musical public whose delight is materie.lly enhanced by the comprehension of the language in which delicious strains are sung, and as the setting of " Faust" is so immediately inspired by the text, the greater will be their enjoyment in listening to a compositior that fairly turned the heads of the aristocratic patrons of the two Italian operas last season. The task of adapting "Faust" for its representation in English was entrusted to Mr. Chorley, a gentleman of well known ability, and although he has taken great pains to accouiplish his task, the effort has not, in our opinion, resulted in one of his happiest efforts. In many instances the words set down for the singers sink into utter absurdities, not to say vulgarities, and this will, in a great measure, account for the licence Mr. Reeves and Mr. Santley took with their por tion of the libretto. Very frequently both these gentlemen entirely departed from the words set down for them; and Mr. Chorley must forgive us for saying that by doing so we think they exer cised a very wise discretion On fact, we believe they only did what Mr. Chorley would have done him self had he carefully revised and reconsidered his work before submitting it to the public. Fortu nately the success of " Faust" depends more upon the ability of the singers and the completeness of the raise en.scene than upon the rendering of the text ; thus with the artistes engaged in the performance on Saturday no room was left for improvement, as the talented entrepeneur had secured the greatest talent at his command, a fact which will at once be admitted when we mention that the lovesick philo sopher Faust was represented by Mr. Sims Reeves, Valentin by Mr. Santley, Mephistopheles by Signor Marchesi, Siebel by Madame Florence Lancia, Martha by Madame Taccani, and Margarita by Madame Lemens-Sherrington. The superb intro duction was played by the band with the greatest delicacy and precision, and on the rising of the cur tain a very warm reception was accorded to Mr. Sims Reeves, who is discovered pining and reflect ing upon past love and youthfulness. The first few notes from the great tenor were quite sufficient to tell the audience that he was in splendid voice, a circumstance that must have given universal satis faction. We hare already spoken in the most eulo gistic terms of Mr. Reeves' Faust cn the occasion of his appearing in the part two or three months ago, so all that is necessary on the present occasion is to say that his embodiment of the character was as fine, it not finer, than ever. The music in the second act was sung with all that tender sweetness for which he is so celebrated, whilst the more energetic portions of the character gave him scope to display his mag nificent voice to the very utmost. Where all was so beautiful it is not easy to pick out particular parts, but we may mention the cavatina, " All hail that dwelling pure and holy," as the morciau in which he made the deepest impression on the audience. As Valentin, the chivalrous brother of Margarita, Mr. Sautley had butone important scene, but that was quite sufficient to display his masterly skill. To compensate for the gloomy foreshadowing of the part M. Gounod introduced a new cavatina for Mr. Santley, and this was most certainly one of the features of the evening. It is entitled, " Even the bravest heart may swell," and is linked to the second theme in the introductory music, or overture. It is somewhat remarkable that so sweet a composition should not have been repeated in the opera, but until Saturday evening all that was heard of it was its yerformance previous to the commencement of the piece. Now, however,it has been given to Mr. Santley, and it is almost needless to say it is ren dered with the most exquisite taste and feeling. Such immense applause followed the conclusion of the song that all attempts to escape an encore were fruitless, and Mr. Santley, in the most pleasing and graceful manner, came forward, and at once repeated the song with, if possible, greater effect than before. The death of Valentino was given with extraor- dinary effect, and albeit Mr. Santley has not the longest part in the opera, he certainly has one of the most effective. The Mephistopheles of Signor Marchesi was also an admirable performance ; and, as a first attempt at singing in English, before an English audience, he must allow us to congratulate him, which we do most heartily, on his success. Perhaps the most important novelty of the evening was the appearance of Madame Lemmens-Sherrington. It might almost be taken as a debut, but in whatever light it be regarded, the fact that sha was triumphantly successful admits of no doubt. Madame Sherringtoa's Mar garita is characterised by all the simplicity, con fiding innocence, girlish humour, and tender grace that belongs to Goathe's immortal creation, while at the same time neither tragic power .nor passion ate wanting to give expression to tha terror and remorse of Faust's unhappy victim. She did full justice to the sweet and florid music allotted her, and in no instance was she more telling and effective than in the jewel song. Her confession of love for Faust was another brilliant achievement, and in her love duet she was uuapproachable. Great as Madame Sherrington is as a musician, she is equally great as an actress, and from henceforth she, and she alone, will be looked upon as the reigning queen of operatic actresses. Madame Florence Lancia as Siebel, although suffering some what from nervousness, sang the music of the boy lover with taste and effect, more especially the flower song. The chorus deserve unqualified praise for their exertions. The exciting scene of the Kermess, with its quaint round for the old men, was so admirably given as to secure an enthusiastic encore. The cele brated march chorus (" Glori Immortale") "Glory and love to the men of old," was grandly given, and here both band and chorus vied with each other, and the result was worthy the magnificent compo- sition. The curtain descended amidst the most enthusi astic applause, and thus another successfui career is destined for M. Gounod's brilliant opera of "Faust." THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin., —Being, as I am sorry to say, a frequent visitor at Basinghall-street, in search of divideuds, very seldom, in deed, successfully, I was much i ,Jarmed by a paragraph your columns mentioning a total release fardo t: g t i is ab era i zt in charges under £5 pa7able by instalments, f ea ring our losses , would soon largely inc: ease if whitewash ing was thus cheap, iave, however, talke the matter over with another solicitor also Dractising in b a :fitruPtcy and examined the last act, and find the court fees for w stamps and messenger alone in the very smallest cases, ‘ i thout any profits to the atto rne y , exceed I see no obje:tion to solicitors, like others, advertising business; but, is it fa." to any patty, I suspect indeed the charges refer in fact to very different releases, that in forma pauperis and prison adjudication, more unfortunately on the increase, and in which all the legal work is done by the official assignee's solicitor, and no stamps or court fees paid. Surely the mercantile public has suffered enough by these pauper cases, and the debtor would bd sufficiently considered if he was allowed to stay in prisons until the registrars monthly visit, unless he had estate enough to pay the stamps and solicitor for his bankruptcy. If you can spare a corner for these few remarks you will much oblige. A NEItCIIANT. RAILWAY TRAFFIC 1-tETIJI,NI...—The traffic receipts of the railways in, the Unii`d Kingdom for the week ending January '22, 1864, upon a mileage of 11 , 0 8 3, amount to £532,519, being equal to £lO . la per mile. For the corresponding week of last year the receipts were £490,755; the number of miles open, 10,712, or £45 16s per mile. A comparison of the two weeks shows a:t increase in the aggregate receipts of £41,764, and of miles ope.n, 371, being at the rate of £ll2 per mile. On the lines having termini in the metropolis the increase has been on Great Eastern, £1,417 ; Great Northern, £4,805 ; Great Western, Z 3,896; London, Chatham, and Dover, £ 1,334 ; London and North Western, £8,933; London and South Western, £544 ; Metropolitan Extension (London, Chatham, and Dover, £620. On the Midland, £4,272; North London, £132; South Eastern, £546. On the Metropolitan lines there is a decrease upon Blackwell of £49, and on the Lon don and Brighton of £l,4B3,—BaUwaY 21'00. .-.- -:„..,' , icgW ~., , c l . „ C -01tilit 1 1 k .. t l i 011 / r p ipo ___------- HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Jab 23%. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royaalign e? nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatric arrived at Windsor to-day at a q uarter past one o'clock from Osborne. Her Majesty was met by t he Prince of•Walsilt ft l the Great Western station , end drove with hisr°Y highness to Frogmoro House , The suite in attendance consisted of L ea / the OA. Churchill, the Hon. Mrs. Bruc e, Colonel ddolY l3 ' Sir Charles Phipps, Colonel Sir T. MBi - end Dr. Holznaann. Jag. ' l k Tho Queen and Princess Louise attended Dicirie service this mornitig in the private chaPe l ' ( I .s or The Hon. and Very Rev. the Doan of AY'D' officiated. Th . n ernior e Her Majesty passed the afternoon at House. Arrival of her Majesty at The Queen, accompanied by their 11 0 9' 11 °g ad B e atrieePi ls , nesses the Princesses Louise and attended t by Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph (t he sit C. of the Royal Household), Colonel the sit y B, Phipps, Lady Churchill, the go. l‘ rs d o t Bruce, Dr. Holzmann, Bze,, arrived at W illi to in ord er shortly after one o'clock on Saturday", visit T the Princess of Wales at Frogmore. tteu The royal party left Osborne House at 01)° , i ti oe9 . minutes to ten o'clock a.m., and embarked lit v - holi t in the Fairy, Commander Prince Leininge°' %go Windsor. iv ten o'clock, whence her Majesty; the Pr il/c a e l lio; and suite crossed to the Royal Clarence Victu,"Toelf, Yard, T Gosport, which they reached at e leven (I, ea tared royal party immediately disembarked and the special train, which arrived at 1 " 11 at 1.18. pr'ace °( Anne o'clock his Royal Hi A hness th e ' -i dedll Wales arrived at the terminus, ha vin g , atten j rife° Captain G. H. Grey, the equerry in waiti"'il the over Q from Fro more House in order to re ce' a pe ueen and the princesses on their a rri ol ' 00 ff Prince on meeting the Queen and princeeseisvgl a ectienately embraced them, and the r e l fl l l9o at once, on leaving the train, entered the c e- gate outside the station, and drove off, amid the e : t oll tams of the bystanders—which were g r ,, c :008 11 acknowledged by the Queen and Prince--"t;d9t the town to Rogmore House, where they 81'1'1 ,10 11 , 20 minutes past 1 p.m. Her Majesty r ecaai he i $9 5 the Princess of Wales during the atterno°"' returned to the Castle in the evening' e 9 I le ; sc" The Queen is still in mourni n g , and allsrit widow's weeds, though the princa 6 s es aro- mourning. i , 2 90 A f S v. During the afternoon her Majesty s' s- - ,09 - isit to the mausoleum, where rest the ° Ea " the late Prince Consort. ott\ 41alog ..Y.esterday morning the Quee n, after itilles divine service, again visited the Prineeos °I 0 , at Frogniore. ) ;000 il , The Queen will leave the Windsor terolafi the Great Western Railway th is afternoool D'il return to Osborne via Gosport and Cevfee' The Prince of wales. ~, 9 t b . l Yesterday afternoon his Royal klig"-nee Prince K. of Wales, attended by Lieuteneet--.0 i 0 uollys and Captain Grey, attended the O rli- A d the su. Chapel Royal of St. George. The Fr e lici3 . : Very occupied n seats in the choir of the cb tl P -1. OK officiated. a les the Dean of Windsor and roi li°l. dine °' On Friday night the Prince of We l° 66 ° the officers' mess of the 3d battalion of G. ,, r6 4 7i, Guards, of which Prince Edward of Seice,:ir'i:jog' is A colonel, at the barracks, Sheet-street, ""„:(40r, lioodt eta G mong the guests were Major-Gen. Gen. Seymour, Captain G. H. Grey, the ° f l e e ot ,i the Royal Horse Guards, from Spittal berile- several officers from London. ri o lio - - A 140 -,...__ It is thought that her Majesty w ill 191_,,,r ;50 visit to Balmoral about the same time as last riA that the Queen will procee d to Saxe-Cobuti C. autumn. • st ecit ; The Prince of Wales has printed, for Pr il a dati tl et culation, a copy of a Papyrus which was discoOret old s his late visit to Thebes. This Egyptian docwoeed erg t A b h i y a ul n t s h te t e ui h em ei decline h m e a6est osopfef probable e bhi r ata i c brt l ahl e oer s no , (uiysegeahatyristtt.htbehe press. o ir nrec Court soi3 s . uitrroct arch, j, Po:,111te: ti 04 t ti: i , 4 , 4 04 . 4 ,4 some efforts will be made to ensure :be ec)- 10 , 1 ',,- to convenience of those who attend this year a t the roo o o o drawing rooms, Any little bill that may be vi P • 05 .a ° 11 the House of Commons for alterations in P r° ,,,, ci p l o o '; o o B accommodation we feel sure will be willinglY '-fifatic'e the country, which, although it does not largelid 'ilitllcjj. in the matter, has expressed itself stronglY a ll ti o0: 1 0 0 0 sympathy for those whose position in life oouse,,e tiaderg.eitf seeking to pay homage to their Sovereigo: tu ts ,. O l io many disagreeables. There is a belie that ; g: jpOS I ? a the th e respectful Queen and will hold the Court receptions herself, but O tbi ti r ) lic t° ,, t ed: is known. How gratifying it would be to the P o re P - osl n ot b 0..., 0 60 0 40 heartfeltthose e dutiesyte :aetedy though, if it please her Majesty still to 100 I;goferelP grief will take precedence of any personal feoliago tO o f Nothing has been positively arra"; 00 l i cili time and locality of the christenia ° be liel; ° ;,do lo the Prince and Princess of Wales, buVi,,,l t1 18 ,,, i ;of tb ,,. ° take place in St. George's Chapel. a ,b 'st° l3 ' - a l- s far will be followed of the ceremony at net ; 11 1 11 * / 4 Princess Charlotte, the daughter of G eorge ogr ila.. lll p SC t compatible with modern customs.---CoO' Geo rge - ' I I,' for t he s". to The Prince of Wales, afterward,' prasitig exhibited to the admiring beau monde at the I OW % which took place 12 days after his birtlis CA he ft His Highness Prince Murat h as ~,iil4 Hotel for. Paris. te a o tt . e P o. The Duke of Newcastle was pre°eTi,roi,pos.ool/0 the Cabinet Council on Saturday 1l err 1 riv ed: l:l 4 0 4 The Duke and Duchess of Are! tir isio g r oil °ll on Friday night from Roseneath, 1 4 •,, v. b aet C eti- , 4 called to town by a meeting of the '' ' ' -1 • elg e " Saturday. loft C .l6° , The Countess de La Pocze has Se Lord Stanley Hotel for Paris. , OC II if l aster--, 0, post 10 Ira' , 4 of Alderley, arrived at his residence in Dover-street tot Cheshire , on Friday evening. .„, 43 to a cal' 00 12 The Right lion. Sir Charles Woo is , a i e on Friday expressly to meet his colleagues b th e of o f Council oil SAturday. 'Oder fiY i ) The Itight Hon. B. Disraeli, as joie d 0 , ), t o Opposition in the House of Commons, 110.ciredoeedo' invitation tc• a Parliamentary dinner for " or 3d proximo. a 00 0" Herr voce Carn, Madame Cars, and 0 So t stre , rived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jertnr:" morning, frot n Hamburg. it Of _ _____ ----- do t , 00 __By the jO t ,,, PARLIA3I:ENTARY VACANCIES. h oe r ta kes I' i iii il Sir Willis..m Atherton a vacancy' ttlf wr it 1 0 0 ,, representation of the city of Durham. 2,".`7,avott, 7_oo. bably not he issued until the meeting of l'a r '' the re O o f t 7 will be moved for in the usual way. It is saidevogeisei; to be acc ,a t test for the seat. 03 the U°trotiglialso •is, session a new writ will be moved for the bo ,1.0 la tet got of bury, in the room of the lion. F. LYg °ri e Wores o _tios i . elected m e , mber for the western division °t iits j0 t0,,,' 1 01 jlirJ. Bull er East, Bart., has announf_a ,r. tip' er".• going h is seat for Winchester, and JA' l ',,,„ Con° ~.10 1 rest . 1.,,,.:' -.noun: :ad himself as a candidate In ", 0 re pr% --- al' Mr. Coning has retired froia ''', 3 opoP"olts interest. . , ndidates ar of tia. of Dric , , d, ton, and several ca y _ . vow, r00r,,, among , them being Mr. Ctwatyo, ee ir ur in ibetb.ooo o f i i o oo , Moore. ./- vac , ancy is expected se roigna,l p..l° 30 of a few days 13.9 t' Rye in the c:, our. . 'II ral) 01'1 ltain Alackinnen (I ,l ' e A . 47/ Mackinnon. k." .al ' Oer l ye) are candidates. rite donald (Conserve •ti ' D VIA It .---- 1 9 t ID TUE 9: TUE GIANT A , .' 1, 36 3 e 4b Man State :-- ' I . '9 Ol subjects of each 0 - e'0',944 , Bad EA•• • • ' • ::. 04 Austria ........ 12,b ;- 6 q6l Hesse ua,,e- ,;(0.. 4010 Plussia ........ 14,1;) ,:83,7 ue6se Darras ... 141,071 Bavaria ........ 4, 6 - , 0 , 140 Luxemburg ' j ' e ; .• 1 ;39 , ?,4 Saxony ........ 2,,';,:, -. 0„ - '7O Saxon uc?„-4,060 61:3,,ii Hanover ........ I,"° , ''' , Brunswiekle. .. :3 0: d o 1 720 70, Wuttemburg• •• . , ~, _l6 Oldelat-.41r,g'6,,tee.• i oot 'a Free Cities ...... 4i.),,,,,.,°., The Littoi _ be rets s 11 0 The Mecklenburgs 000 ,21 ' I us , be review 00 0 1' The total is 42,675,157 ; but it : s c.,,..v.tbre10.'1.`,01 warlike purpOses Austria rules T._''ill'is tab:0,0730, is f a de ` in id / Prussia tour millions not incl let . i.g ou ly 1, ° WI ) l lation of Denmark eninus Howe D• A : 00' B A L L 1 I. WO Sweden and Norway OnlY ', _„, 101, ~ the .)!,., do TA z LARGE MON Tr . ''_ i 4. er ,:de a r t ° tio ro t !: e V has recently been construe the tat ias , .., 01 _ 1 .0 ; ; . cir; aeronaut, was exhibited oi'l 14,000 cubic vii'd potiiii d l'liLdustrie. Its capacity 1g ;, 110 Ictres; t° cumfercnco ot arachute . .. aro pte cuter car, 4 metes in diatoetai - persons.